om617

I had a heck of a time finding any information on this subject. I'm doing an om617 swap and am using the Dakota digital dsl-1e unit. In order to get a signal from the alternator you need a "w" connection, well the stock Benz alternator and the Saab 900 alternator don't have one stock so you need...

All, Please bear with me as I am not someone who frequently posts on forums. I will be working on getting pictures of the setup as soon as i'm free. I also have many videos of the setup in action, including a video driving into the garage the day my dad and I pulled it out. I have the complete...

All, Please bear with me as I am not someone who frequently posts on forums. I will be working on getting pictures of the setup as soon as i'm free. I also have many videos of the setup in action, including a video driving into the garage the day my dad and I pulled it out. I have the complete...

SOLD Purchased in the winter of 2010 as a beat up project with a Chevrolet 250 straight 6 with a single barrel carburetor and a 20 year old paint job that buried rust in the quarter panels I loaded it up and headed home. Originally planned as a mild wheeler and the platform to teach my...

Morning all-I had started a thread on this build in the general tech thread, but now that I'm getting a better idea of the challenges, most of them involve the OM617. I should mention that I have no experience with this motor, and inherited the 1/2 finished project as a pile of unlabeled...

DISCLAIMER: please bear with me. I may be getting over analyitical but I just want to build the best damn thing possible (with little funds) and my mind has been spinning for a year on this. As it says, what Toyota or other comparable platform/mods would you pick to build a full time...